Who thinks that the Burka is a bit too much?

Question

(Frankly: I respect people who wear it by choice. BUT I really would not want to wear one. I wear my veil when I go out of my house and infront of strangers and that is enough for me. I think that is descent enough for me. I think if the religion does not require it why make more trouble for yourself. I am a business woman, an engineer and in my experience a Burka would not cut it in the real world. I THINK ISLAM is easy and people make it difficult) What is your opinion?

(Is not in the religion to wear that thing)

Answer 1

yup !!! i think it that way sister......veil is enough i think burka is not mandatory, the purpose should be fulfilled that a lady should'nt be exposed enough to strangers.Islam is very easy to practise thats wht i believe.

Answer 2

Burka, niqab it's all too much. These articles of cloting are actually pre-Islamic. Full veiling of women has it's roots in pre-Islamic Persia and was used as a way to distinguish the upper class women from the common folk. By the way, hijab is not mandatory in Islam either.

Answer 3

If a woman feels most comfortable wearing a burka, and chooses to do so, who am I to tell her she shouldn't?

However, I definitely don't think wearing a burka should be compulsory. That's generally a bad sign. When women are required by law to cover themselves from head to foot, it speaks ill of the men in that society-- men should be able to control their lustful desires without shrouding their women.

Most of my Muslim friends wear the hijab, but not a burka. My friend Faduma says the purpose of the hijab is to promote modesty, which sounds like common sense to me. For me personally, a burka is taking it a bit too far.

Answer 4

I think if my sister wants to wear a burka more power to her. Who is she making it difficult for? There are plenty of women in my society (UK) who and cut it perfectly fine in "the real world" working as teachers, social workers, business owners. I feel if someone is so offended by a women covering herself it is there problem not hers. I'm offended by 12 year old girls wearing skirts up there backsides and t shirts up to there bust, but that's there parents responsibility and not mine. A woman wearing a burka its her responsibility and not mine......or anyone elses for that matter.

Answer 5

Dear Muslimah, thanks to you and others in this group, I better understand now why many of the women of your faith wear the Burka and the Hajib (I'm still confused as to what a Burka is). But what you and the others taught me is that these are worn as a way to protect yourselves from the looks of men who might want to do something you are not wanting from them. And for that reason I respect your right to choose or not to choose to wear your attire.

I hope that someday we will learn to put our differences aside and be able to work together for peace.

Answer 6

I tend to agree and said so in my last answer, except I wrote veil and view, which was an error and I couldn't correct it for some reason.

I think, so long as you wear "minimally" acceptable attire it's ok, but if you want to go more formal that's ok too!

I still go to job interviews in a suit and tie. I still go to church that way (you'd be surprised how many Christians go to church in the same clothes they wear to shop at Target or K-Mart).

Answer 7

Today humanity is being challenged. Unthinkable atrocities take place on daily basis. There is an evil force at work that aims to destroy us. The agents of this evil respect nothing; not even the lives of children. Every day there are bombings, every day innocent people are targeted and murdered. It seems as if we are helpless. But we are not!

The ancient Chinese sage Sun Zi said, "Know your enemy and you won't be defeated". Do we know our enemy? If we don't, then we are doomed.

Terrorism is not an ideology, it is a tool; but the terrorists kill for an ideology. They call that ideology Islam.

The entire world, both Muslims and non-Muslims claim that the terrorists have hijacked "the religion of peace" and Islam does not condone violence.

Who is right? Do the terrorists understand Islam better, or do those who decry them? The answer to this question is the key to our victory, and failure to find that key will result in our loss and death will be upon us. The key is in the Quran and the history of Islam.

Those of us, who know Islam, know that the understanding of the terrorists of Islam is correct. They are doing nothing that their prophet did not do and did not encourage his followers to do. Murder, rape, assassination, beheading, massacre and sacrilege of the dead "to delight the hearts of the believers" were all practiced by Muhammad, were taught by him and were observed by Muslims throughout their history.

If truth has ever mattered, it matters most now! This is the time that we have to call a spade a spade. This is the time that we have to find the root of the problem and eradicate it. The root of Islamic terrorism is Islam. The proof of that is the Quran.

Answer 8

The full head-to-toe covering? with only eyeholes? Yea, in the desert, I'd say that's a lot. Those women must be overheating. Now, here, where it snows in the winter, I think it'll keep them nice and warm.

HOnestly, if it's their choice, let them wear it. Maybe just a head scarf or veil for working, if you MUST wear something.

Answer 9

I've tried one on and it was as "comfortable" as wearing a couple of sheets. I can't believe anyone would find this garment more comfortable than other clothes. They have to do it for "religious" reasons - and those reasons are kind of sad. Nothing against Islam at all. Just don't like the connotation subjugation of women that the burqua carries with it.

Answer 10

Definitely a bit too much. But, heck - don't forget that this answer is coming from a man that runs about town in a long black dress and a reversed stiff linen collar.

That might also seem "a bit too much" for most people!

What the heck do I know? ;-)